The Strange Countess (1961)
- Original title
- Die seltsame Gräfin
- Directed by
- Josef von Báky, Ottokar Runze, Jürgen Roland
- Genre
- crime film, mystery film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 22 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A countess becomes entangled in a criminal plot involving a missing inheritance. The police investigate her eerie mansion and its secrets.
mysterioussuspensefulwintryformalold-fashionedgothic-tingedmethodical
What happens
The Strange Countess (German: Die seltsame Gräfin) is a 1961 West German crime film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Lil Dagover, Joachim Fuchsberger and Marianne Hoppe. It is based on Edgar Wallace's 1925 novel of the same title, and is part of a long-running series of Wallace adaptations produced by Rialto Film. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. Location shooting took place at the Schloss Ahrensburg. The film's sets were designed by the art director Helmut Nentwig. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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